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live look the ship is finally arrived in mobile, alabama. short time ago people actually began walking down the ramp leaving the ship baggage in hands. earlier we saw passengers complaining about. hallway covered in filth. raw sewage in plain sight. good evening i'm dan ashley. fire inside the engine room on sunday crippled the cruise ship on the third day of a 4 day trip. and now after 5 days of enduring the mess praejs now docking and disembarking. marsy is live in mobile, alabama right now with the very latest on this. >>reporter: good evening. ship pulled into the dock here about an hour and 45 minutes ago. the passengers now leaving. cheering as the nightmare on board finally comes to an end. >> last males were the long egg as passengers on the carnival triumph sweated out the final minutes aboard the luxury liner that became a prison ship. it
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left more than 8 days with more than 4000 people aboard but an engine room fire sunday left the mammouth vessel a helpless giant. marooned in the gulf of mexico with no power. sewage seeping down walls and scarce rations. >> condition on board the ship very challenging. >>reporter: for passengers a tonight mayor. >> our toilet sort of exploded all over the place and we have been on the balcony ever since. >>reporter: carpeting in the hallway soaked in urine. heat and stench force passengers top side where they put autopsy kind of shanty town living in the open and sleeping on deck. >> we had sewage coming in the bathroom. smell was horrific. there's no ac. >>reporter: one sick passenger medevaced to safety this woman finally got to speak with her young daughter aboard. >> eating cold frozen food. cucumber sandwich, tomato sandwich. 12-year-old? >>reporter: once at port the
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passengers were about ordeal still isn't over. >> the debarking process could take 4 to 5 hours. >>reporter: passengers reimbursed free cross and 500 dollars. >> i know it was very difficult and i want to apologize again for subjecting our guests to that. >>reporter: and carnival cruise line is providing buses. we have seen half a dozen leave so far but many passengers say they are so desperate to get home quickly and gate hot shower they are finding their own way home. we are live in mobile, alabama, abc news. now back to you. >> thank you. no doubt they can not get home soon enough. let's move on. plot thicken in an explosive situation in a south bay neighborhood. >> man storing bomb and dangerous chemical accused of making death threat against a local state senator. the target is state senator lee because of the tough stand on
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gun control. suspect in the case everett bosch. 7 news reporter on story that seems to get bigger and more frightening by the minute. >> santa clara what began with simple search warrant on tuesday has become what investigators say is a long slow going high stress walk through a cluttered potential mine fichltd every room we go into is a task. >>reporter: it has been going on since tuesday when chp officers arrested 45-year-old everett bash on suspicion of writing a threatening evening to state senator lee last mont month. today the senator went public and talked about it. >> the author of that particular e-mail specifically stated that if i did not sooetion effort to deal with gun violence that he would assassinate me in or around the capitol. >>reporter: chp served search warrant on tuesday. this video only hints at the mess inside which included guns and
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explosive material >> there is material that is classified as an explosive so yes there are materials prohibited restricted and criminals to possess. not typical household product you find in your home. >>reporter: no enthusiastic morning investigators pulled out bottles of acid. handed off what they describe as an explosive device than a bomb squad. >> if this person were not a suspect the material you found would it be suspicious. >> yes. >>reporter: after all this beginning to appear that even the supposed victim was in the a state senator we would still be in the midst of most unusual story. >> not this threat or any other threat could deter me from addressing the critical issues surrounding gun violence. this case is a rather troubling one and only further demonstrates the need to address particular problem. >>reporter: background senator lee pushing 2 bills in the state senate. first would make it more difficult to load
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magazine into semi-automatic weapon. second would require gun owners to keep the weapons under lock and key. >> as for bash he may arraigned as early as tomorrow and investigators say they will be back at this house combing through it again. if santa clara wayne abc 7 news. >> man accused of trying to blow up a bank of america branch in oakland back in court today. 28-year-old matthew of san jose arrested friday in fbi stechblingt he reportedly told undercover agent that he would dance with joy to see the bank of america come down. prosecutors said man goal was to spark a right wing backlash of some kind and ultimately a civil war. ka the attorney came into federal court in oakland and asked to delay criminal proceedings while he researches whether mental competencey needs to be reevaluated. concerning to court records the undercover agent supplied the bucket of
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fake the explosives triggering did he advice made from cell phones that he purchased and the government agent also supplied the black suv. that carried the bomb to the bank. today the judge agreed to put off preliminary hearing while the attorney does his research on his client mental state. next appearance set for march 8. >> investigators have ladies but no suspect tonight in the murder of 19-year-old lane college student. foster was shot and killed just before 9 last night san leandro. 7 news reporter has the latest on what we have on the case so far. >> this is a heart break. >>reporter: close break of foster, says foster was a young man with a smile and future. >> let me know people throughout that didn't want to see a man doing great. don't want to see a man with something going for themself being successful. they see somebody trying to be somebody and break it down. >>reporter: 19-year-old foster
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shot and killed wednesday night in the field behind san leandro hillside 62. alameda county sheriff say it appears foster was involved in some kind of game with several ors when gunfire erupted. >> found on the school grounds. but again we don't want to assume for 100 percent that that is exactly where the crime occurred because he may have run to the spot. >> the college football team this past season. graduate of oakland high school where he also played football. at lane the konl told us he would have been on the field did for spring conditioning with the teammate. >> felt everybody here. avenues registered linebacker last year. trying to do the right thing. transferred coming to make the transition from high school to college. >> class were his cancelled at hillside school today to give investigators time to gather any evidence that might be in the field during daylight hour hours. >> we don't expect something like that to the happen at
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school. not at the night team. safe for the kid. >> pretty much a good kid. good friend. good other brother. perfect role model. nothing wrong with them at all. >> foster loss hits the football team especially hard. early this week they lost another player in a car accident in southern california. >> young people trying to do the right think and make a sacrifice go to school every day. no longer with you, it's tough. >> now that investigators have collected whatever evidence might be here at the school hillside elementary will reopen for classes on friday morning. in san leandro, abc 7 news. >> the charred body found in the burned out caben in the san bernardino mountains positively identified as fugitive ex cop christopher dorner. district attorney is the suspect in 4 murder and was cornered in a mountain cabin after more than a week on the run. stand off lasted several hours ended when
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the cabin went up in flames two days ago. authorities today aparagraph new rules for big ships in san francisco bay. tankers can no longer sail under the bay bridge in heavy fog. today ruling comes 5 week after oil tanker hit a bridge tower causing 3 million dollars in damage. fog was a factor. new recalls apply to ships heading out of the bay. incoming ships could have negative effects on port commerce. so they left that alone. >> they have potential to save lives stop crime and bring home missing people. but also one of the most controversial tools in law enforcement today. jonathan bloom takes you to alameda county where small unmanned aircraft are a topic of very intense debate. >> life size model of a predator drone sits menacing among the protestors at the alameda county board of supervisors. these won't be flying over the east bay any time soon but these might. small unmanned helicopters equipped with camera.
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>> plan on using this for search and rescue. >> sheriff wants to spend up to 50,000 dollars on the did he vase he says could help locate missing people and survey the scenes of fires. those aren't the use with civil rights groups concerned. >> they will argue it's being used for basically good policing. we are afraid it is going to be used to surveil protestors, dissident, people that are against police brutality. >>reporter: sheriff says that is simply never happen. >> don't use these types of of devices for surveillance. gathering intel on civilian activity. >> american civil liberties union wants that in writing. >> the problem with the sheriff's policy it's crafted to look narrow but actually contains loop holes that render the privacy protection meaningless. >>reporter: backlash comes as supervisors decide to see how much authority they have to fly unmanned aircraft, it could be watched the world over. >> we all know that eyes are all eye on alameda continue and
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we want to get it right. >> the county would be the first in california to use the the devices. some are concerned over what happens when they get more sophisticated. >> they can see through wall. equipped with facial recognition technology and license plate readers and rada radar. >> supervisor grilled the sheriff. >> have you done privacy assessment. >> yes those are the conversations we have had with aclu and community groups. >>reporter: but those groups aren't satisfied. >> we would also be who are fitd if they had tan our recommendation. >>reporter: if supervisors can broker a compromise the small aircraft could fly in a year. in oakland, abc 7 news. one bill rising. coming up. san francisco sheriff plays unusual role in a worldwide campaign against domestic violence. >> new bionic eye restoring sight to the blind. bay area researcher who helped develop it and spencer has the weather. >> in the accu-weather forecast center than joy the spring like
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warmth because wetter weather coming our wait a minute accu-weather forecast in just a moment. >> thanks spencer. also feathers flying. just how much does it cost to clean up from the world largest pillow fight on this valentine's day. >> back live again. these are pictures as they happen to passengers on the carnival cruiseship in mobile, alabama just got back to court. ship is called triumph. not exactly a triumphant return but certainly passenger for 1,000 in off. incredibly relieved to be back on dry land. there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting.
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>> police on the scene of apparent murder-suicide in east san jose on bermuda a way close to the intersection of highway 101 and 280. here's the scene from sky 7 hd overhead. man shot a woman romantically involved with then shot and killed himself. it happened just after 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. house mate heard the shots found the bodies and then called police. the street will be cordoneed off for a few more hours. well this valentine's day there is an international day of action to demand an end to violence against women and girls. as caroline tyler explains millions show theirh d
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this is my body what? the the. >>reporter: this song this dance the gel is to have one billion people all over the world performing today in a campaign against violence towards women. >> so there's this power moving throughout the world right now that is going to create a shift of conscience nishtionz among those who brought the global effort into unique setting. san francisco is thought to have the only jail system anywhere taking part. >> it means i'm part of the world. and it makes me feel good about myself. >>reporter: the song break the chain was created by play wright eve answer especially for this day and resonates for those who find themselves behind bars. both women and men whether kind of feelings did it give you. >> i'm about to cry right now. it's beautiful. grit to be a part of this. ♪ .
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>>reporter: idea of bringing the movement into the jail came from sheriff mirkarimi who pleaded guilty in a domestic violence case last year. both he and his wife miss lopez danced with the inmates today. >> owe said it's important to take responsibility. would he sa that it's important to understand what the power of redemption mean but i also said and vowed that we are here to better ourselves. >>reporter: the sheriff says he thinks it was important to bring what he described as creativity and courage of the program into the jails today and says he is considering making dance a permanent part there. i'm carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> valentine's day tradition in the city. it is the great san francisco pillow fight now in the eighth year. as you can see it is very important popular. starts at the stroke of 6:00 o'clock at justin her machine plaza along the embarcadero and you can only
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hit people with a pillow. the cleanup last year cost somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000 dollars. one interesting thing. not as many feathers flying as in year past which makes the picture not quite as dramatic but the clean up a little easier because apparently they put out on facebook to encourage people to come with synthetic pillow instead feather stuffed. they have a great time. spencer is here with the forecast. that's a lot of fun and weather was perfect. >>reporter: it was great. nice clear mild no fog no chin. >> if i had a pillow i would smack you. >>reporter: i would receive the smack graciously. live view from the high definition east bay hills camera at mount bowler peak out over the bay on the clear evening. it's a pleasant evening around the bay area. live doppler 7 hd receipt now. we have an absence of clouds. clear sky. pattern couple days. how about
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the high pressure today. we had some warmth in the bay area. high up to mid 70's at ukiah mostly clear lake and clover dale. low 70's in many location and we had one record hay for the date. oakland airport 71 degrees. new record high for oakland airport for this date. so you can see we are having some very unwinter like weather. rate now temperatures mainly in the 50' 50's. 61 degree reading at 43 mochbility upper 40's at napa fairfield and livermore. here the forecast feature sunny mild conditions the next two days cooling against on sunday. rain arrives on tuesday so this mailed pattern business to wind down right now. satellite image shows high pressure the dominant feature in our weather that will hold this dry pattern in place throughhe weekend in fact mild weather for us for a couple days. animation at 11:00 o'clock tonight and center of high pressure east northeast continues to slide inland we get a flow of
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offshore flow of mild air that will keep our temperatures up way above average the next couple days. however low tonight will drop in the chilly range in the interior valley of the north bay with low of 38. santa rosa 37 napa 38 at fairfield 38 east bay inland at livermore. other locations we see low in the 40's vts. look at tomorrow high. another mild day even milder than today was generally. in the south baylow 70's. 72 at san jose and santa clara. on the peninsula also see low 70's. 71 redwood city. 72 at mountain view. mid upper 60's on the coast. at pacifica and a half man bay. in and around san francisco high in the mid upper 60's. 68 degrees downtown. 66 sunset district. north bay hi upper 60's and low 70's. 71 at santa clara and calistoga 70 at nap a.on the east bay we see high of 71 at oakland. union city and castro vaechlt inland east bay high in the low 70's. 72
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at antioch. fairfield. walnut creek and pleasanton and near monterey bay look for low to mid 70's near the bay and inland mid 70's gilroy holster and salinas. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. 2 more very mild days coming our way. pleasant day on sunday as well. just a little bit cooler but mainly sunny skies clouds thicken just a tad on monday which is president's day continues getting cooler then by midweek tuesday wednesday we see some rain or showers moving into the area. high pressure those days only in the 50's. >> down right chilly. >> thank you very much expense snaer still to come on 7 news at 9 in the cockpit of jet fighter. what might just be the next best thing to being a top gun really incredible pictures. chosen county. what remember informer astronaut and current silicon valley experts are doing to protect the planet from asteroids. >> sta
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>> stunning video show as pilot taking off from an aircraft carrier and then flying in the sky. within seconds the pilot reaches an altitude that really renders the ground practically invisible. even the pilot loo looks to be in awe but magnificent view he is experiencing. he takes the f/a-18 fighter jet for series of expense and turns for a flit and it carries missiles and weapons. video up loaded to you tube apparently by the pilot. >> pretty spectacular stuff. >> these days we are acustom to the development of every more sophisticated prosthetic limb but how about prosthetic eye. that's along the lines of what
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the fd proved today. it's local search we property new 2009 when clinical trial under way at that time. heather with did's important developments. >> dean lloyd was one of 30 patient's implanted with did he advice for clinical trichlts he worked with researchers at uc sf who had to determine if the implant system would help him see again without side effect that do more harm than good. >> the experience now in a number of patient's has democrat stated it's safe. and it's well tolerated and really has been effective in restoring vision to people whoa have profound vision loss from retina problems. >>reporter: it's made with a company called second sight here. the animation shows how it works. tiny camera mounted on pair of glasses wirelessly sends video information to the a microprocessor that converts it into electronic signal third then transmitted to a receiver on the eye. the pulse travel
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along the optic nerve to the brain which perceives pattern of light and dark. patient's do have to good through a learning process to interpret what they are seeing. right now the images are limited to large targets with high contrast lick a door. >> it improves ability to walk around because they can see edges of curb. out lane of person speak to go them. they can see sometimes they can see stripes on a crosswalk when crossing the street. >>reporter: in addition to uc sf work on clinical trials lawrence livermore lab is where implant material were developed and scientist there are still working to improve on it. aiming for facial recognition and possibly colors. >> second sight also hopes some day help people with age related macular degeneration that affects many more people. this is abc 7 news. well we have a lieutenant more to bring you tonight on 7 news at 9:00. athlete made history now faces murder charges police say about oscars
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history and death of his girlfriend. >> survivors escaped through crack in the plane. up next why a plane operator says the pilot is to blame for the deadly crash. >> plus berkeley math whiz crunches the number on the cost to document students and puts his future at risk in the process. >> california mayor who had a bi
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>> stunning news today that one of the most inspiring athlete in the world has been charged with murder. other car history the first double leg amputee to compete on track in the olympic is charged with shooting his girlfriend known as the face of avon in south africa. very
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successful model. details are still coming out about this. abc reporter her has the news from the home in south africa tonight. >> there's the start. land breaking whoyshtion would have imagine the man who did this would end up like this. accused of murder. of his girlfriend reef a.well known model in africa seen in cell phone commercial and fixture on the red carpet. 2 of them were a couple that demanded attention. he lives in the luxury estate behind 10 pet hay wall and electric fence. hear in south africa this is rampant and rumor going around here that he may have shot his girlfriend mistaking her for intruder. but police have other suspicions. crime is rampant. police said there were accidents in the past at the home and received reports of neighbor hearing shouting before the shooting. >> previously been accidents at
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the home. alleges of domestic violence. >>reporter: determination was legendary. legs amputated just 11 most old but with a pair of prosthetic leg he was as fast as lightning. >> i'll work extremely hard to be where i am. >>reporter: nicknamed blade runner he rose to champion and first double amputee to come boat in the olympic. but today as word of the shooting spread this nike ad was the wordy am the bullet in the chamber was taken down from his site. >> someone who sell brited as humanitarian to be in this position. it's just shocking. >>reporter: just yesterday tweeted what do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow? day that with end in tragedy. leaving a world of admirer asking how an athlete who embodied a expert of over coming any obstacle now facing
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a murder charge. this is abc news, south africa. >> in you crane a plane broke in half after it crash landed. survivors they escaped by climbing through crack in the burning wreck annual to get away. it was carrying soccer fans. pilot blames heavy fog. he says the landing strip not even visible but the company that operates the plane blames the pilot for even trying to listened and says a criminal case now being pursued against the payment and the crew. the plane clipped airport weather station skidded off the runway and overturned before bursting that flames killing 5 people. 52 passengers and crew were open board. one passenger says the plane opened up as it if were a tin can. >> we came across worst statistics to pass along. over the last 25 days not one not one u.s. service member killed in afghanistan. most of the casualty now afghan. longest stretch without a u.s. fatality since 2008. >> warning for americans
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tonight considering traveling to the peru. u.s. embassy says it has information a gang may planning to kidnap american tourists visiting there. warning runs through at least the end of the month. state department personnel rae striingt from going there. >> ex mayor of san diego admits she lost more than 1 billion dollars gambling over the last decade and they stole from charity to help pay it off. maureen also won about 1 billion dollars apparently over the same period or of time but ended up 13 million in the red. federal court today prosecutors say she stole two million from the charitable foundation set up by late husband founder of the jack in the box chain. foundation has since gone bankrupt. >> uc berkeley student is featured in a nationally released video aimed at building support for path to citizenship for young immigrants. they are referred to as the dreamers. 7 news education reporter explains who is behind the campaign.
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>> finishing up a degree in math and statistics at uc berkeley. >>reporter: it wasn't hard to find him on the 9th floor of the hall. we wanted to know why he decided to speak out. >> i thought maybe it's the right moment for me to actually contribute something to the movement. >>reporter: it's called the dream is now. focuses on urging congress to pass the dream act. which were provide permanent residencey to young people lake parents who are brought to the country as a child by an immigrant parent. he was born in south korea. video released nationwide was directed by davis of inconvenient truth and witnessing for superman. tarns argues that instead of the government spending monto deport people someone lick him with college agree with pour more money into the economy.
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of. >> they earn that much money. that means they are going to spend that money. >>reporter: parents claim if the chem act doesn't pass even with a math degree he won't be able to find a good paying job. >> find a job under the table. i have done supermarket laundry things like that. >> rick of sovreignty matters says the dream act would encourage more people to cross the pwrder. >> everybody that had a this the of wanting to come to the u.s. is hearing the president and both side of congress say there's going to be an amnesty. we want to have the people come here and work little. they have heard it heard it heard it. >>reporter: chancellor robert said university like uc berkeley will continue to help students like terence. >> these are extraordinarily talented people and in the current era with all of the challenges we have in california we can not afford to waste that kind of talent. >> if you want to see the entire video see our web site and click on see it on tv. in
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the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> coming up next. not quite armageddon. of. >> like something out of hollywood but real. just ahead enormous asteroid ready to fly by earth tomorrow. what scientists say about it you can't move the tv there.
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sf when it comes to drug fish apparently a lot lick people new shoyd shows fish swimming in water with a drug become hyper, anti-social and aggressive. even get the muvrmies. research underscores the importance of preventing medicine from getting in water way typically by getting flushed into water systems when we throw them out. well now to russia and developing news where apparent
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meet why are shower has sparked series of explosions in the raem of the country 1,000 miles from moscow. witness say houses shook window blown out and cell phone suddenly stopped working. one person says the he can motion was is will you do that it so you knowed lake earthquake aund and thunder at the same time and huge trail of smoke seen across the sky. others report seeing burning objects fall to earth. some buildings being evacuated as a result. despite that there are reports of some injuries but nothing too extensive at this moment but we are staying on top of it. >> open the sun of things falling from space everyone on the planet tonight is on the brink of close encounter. big asteroid hurdles through says about to miss us by a cosmic inch really. closer than some of our weather satellite. so close that scientist are springing in action. here's neal. >> now while watching this a chunk of space rock big enough to level a city is huvrlingt
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huvrlingtsing towards our planet 8 times faster than speeding bullet. good news is scientist say it will miss. scary news is the 130,000 melt rick ton asteroid is the size of half a football field and it will be much closer than the moon. in fact it will split the natal between the earth and 600 satellite around us. the ones the cell phones rely on his possibly supermarket one on the way by. if you think this is all still a long long way from all of us way down here walking the street, you may want to think again. last close call turned out to be a direct hit. it was 19 08. luckily it hit the meddle of nowhere. siberia decimating 1,000 miles of trees but no people. >> if a very large asteroid hit it would probably create the same kind of disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. >>reporter: amazingly nobody knew da 14 was headed our way until a spanish dentist and
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amateur astronomer randomly discovered it a year ago. nasa doesn't have the resources to look for asteroids. which is why a trio of american astronauts and rocket scientist raise money to launch their own asteroid early warning system called sentinel dedicated telescope scanning the stars for threats. >> this asteroid is a wake up call we should be looking out there. these things do hit the earth. >>reporter: we can keep the plan it safe say scientist, if we just know what is out there headed our way. this is abc news, seattle. that will get our attentio attention. he was in a bigger rush than she was. come up next on 7 news at 9. court ship by a former president. stay with us. i'll
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>> in honor of valentine's day the presidential library released full set of letters exchanged by a then 26-year-old lyndon johnson and 20-year-old lady bird taylor when they were cowering. that was in 1934. lbj quite taken with her that he proposed marriage on the very first date. and that first date took place jaws day after they first met. lady bird was unsure. she wanted them to get to know each other better. at one point writing all i can say in salute honesty is love you. however lasting i love you so i can't answer you yet. took 10 week but lady bird finally accepted proposal. she and lbj married for 39 years. >> well, then, there is this valentine's day message. ikea in australia offering free crib to babies born on november 14t 14th, 2013. that is 9 months from today. folks are
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commenting that since carrying a baby takes 2 66 days on average conception today would result in a baby being born on november 7th not the 14th but why get stuck on the details. >> good back to update the forecast. expense iser highs. >> here's clear skies around the bay area at this hour and tomorrow beginning the 4 day weekend sort of we call it 4 day weekend because monday is a hotel day. if you think of going tout lake tahoe these are the conditions you can expect. sunny sky through sunday. partly cloudy on monday which is president's day. mild conditions and no snow. speaking of no show. where do we stand with respect to our percentage of normal snow pack state wide. 75 percent of normal but that is way ahead of where we were at this time last year. only 33 percent of normal snow pack so we are doing okay. get you more snow though. here in the bay area season sky high pressure once again in the low to mid 70's for most locations and here's the accu-weather 7 day forecas
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forecast. we have 2 more days of unseasonably mild weather coming our way. that will be through saturday. start to consolidate down on sunday. it will be a pleasant day as well. then much cooler on tuesday and wed with a chance of rain on tuesday. good chance of rain tuesday and showers could occur on wednesday as well. >> thanks very much. >> larry is off and we have all the sports tonight with collin. >> this is my time of year. of college happen. can't get enough. local college hoop fan a massacre and happy if you are a bear. less than 10 males a [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,
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kindle fire. oscars will be on sunday february 24th and the only place you can watch is abc 7. hope you can join us that evening. >> come up tonight on 7 news at 11:00. fake navy seal who turned outrageous claims that big profit. 7 news tracks him down in an exclusive i team investigation. >> 1 billion rising. tonight huge event tow win violence against women. we have more on that. gin us for those stories and more for you come up on 7 nuts at 11 over on channel 7. collin is here and round ball tonight at st. mary's. fun to wendy burch the program. >> pa ville i don't know rocks. the renewed west coast power began saying another classic at pavilion. time home game against the fifth rank zag and senior didn't disappoint. nba mav right there. speaking of this. lottery material. 7 fa
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fatter with range. 12 in the first half. zag by 9. tl top of the key. then playing the pick and roll. 25 people in the hoop. another 3. not a replay. double team off this pick and roll. creates separation. 5 first. 19 poin point. up at the break. 20 to 4 run. off balance 3. 52-37 bull dog. st. mary's hang in there. 56-49 gonzaga. 8 minutes to play. >> sacramento mayor johnson court side. found something in the weekend upset. 7 rank arizona the swearing ucla all sorts of trouble. dunking and then the dunking again. the junior. solidifying the put back. pack 12. allen nobody around. get this. 41-17 at the first half. pouring it on in the second 20 minutes. david the put back and foul.
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18 point 13 board. terminator with the thunder. robert bears hammer bruins 76-63. is coach and cardinal hosting usc. 11 of 13 over all. fontain to duane crushes it. splashing athlete 17 of sanford 23 in the first half. 5 second left. fears half j.c. 40 feet. trom an led by 12 at the break. second half. chasing randall. on a right right now. 4 men to play there. lebron james. 6 straight 30 point gyms. kevin durrant he takes a nasty fall first quarter. never left the game. in being if a, he would finish with 40. but in a rematch of last year finals king james and the heat a little better. lebron and machine for record 7 straight game. 30 or more with 60
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percent somewhating that 30 fa fatter cost him. settle on 50% of the gym. 13 poychbilitys heat by 10. 110-100. not ased about as it sounds. a's closer has undergone surgery for torn ligament in his right knee. mri discovered yesterday. miss 4 to 6 week that means all of spring training is g.o.p. for him. good news for for manger melvin they think he could be back on april first home opener against this and remember this he took over the closer role mid season. the entrance to game dubbed the rage. 24 saves and era of just over 2 and a half. looks like the giants full squad already working in and out scottsdale. that's because the majority of the players are already there. 37 pitchers in camp for bruce. position players arrive tomorrow and take the field

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